New Zealand 156 (Holiday 51, Dean 4-38, Ecclestone 2-28) uk
Filer took two balls to find his length but hit it off his eighth delivery. The bails came in jagged again, surging over Suzie Bates’ mid-and-off stump in the fourth over of the day, putting an end to her promising start. Bates hit 3 fours en route to hitting 16 off 12 balls.
Georgia Plimmer’s freakish run-out deflected Amelie Kerr’s jab down the pitch towards midwicket, and as Plimmer lunged in vain to make her ground, Maia Bouchier swooped in to fire the ball to wicketkeeper Amy Jones and beat Sophie Devine at the crease. took me to And Devine’s presence became even more important moments later when Kerr cleared Ecclestone high into the air and ultimately into the waiting hands of Jones. Plimmer’s 29 ended up being New Zealand’s next highest score behind Halliday on a poor-looking scorecard.
Ecclestone and Jones teamed up again. The former was turned back after a beautiful delivery, while the latter took a sharpest catch off Devine’s thick outside edge to leave New Zealand at 75 for 4.
The White Ferns fell to 111 for seven when Maddy Green fell to Sciver-Brunt for a pound and Izzy Gaze and Hannah Rowe both left in similar fashion to Dean.
Dean claimed his third wicket and Jones claimed his third catch when Jess Kerr poked outside the stumps and sent a faint edge. Molly Penfold was then dropped cheaply by a Dean delivery that spun back to rattle the top of leg stump.
Halliday hit just six in the innings, hitting seven fours, including a full ball hit outside the off stump by Dean and a ball hit behind backward square leg, to reach 50 before Glenn’s next ball. Floated high in the air, Heather Knight made a diving catch.
